This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On a recent Tuesday morning in Northeast Los Angeles, a large industrial kitchen is piled with heaps of beautiful vegetables, including leafy greens and bright red tomatoes. Rows of sparkling…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Youth homelessness has been a low priority for federal funding and largely an afterthought in communities’ efforts to fight homelessness. Instead, young adults have been thrown into the system for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sports are often cited as a unifying force in society with the power to bring strangers together to cheer for their hometown team (or help each other climb greased-up light poles).…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The tax cuts that went into effect this month have nonprofits and donors alike scrambling to learn more about how they might affect charitable giving. WHAT CHANGED? Congress introduced temporary…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s becoming clear that certain interventions work better than others in the fight to end modern slavery, according to a recent report from the Freedom Fund. The Freedom Fund was…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Washington, DC, continues to grow and develop, with more people moving into the city and being born here every day. As the city grows, development pressures will continue to mount. When…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our recent study of a homeownership support nonprofit in New Mexico called Homewise suggests there is an alternative way of providing sustainable homeownership to people who don’t have enough money for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During a freezing cold December car ride through a back alley in Winnipeg with her mother, Hannah Taylor saw a homeless man searching for food in a garbage dumpster. As a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Earlier this month, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) suspended implementation of its Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule, which requires local governments receiving federal housing and community development…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities program is designed to teach civic leaders in small and mid-sized metros–cities with a population between 100,000 and 1 million–how to use data collection and evidence-backed decision-making…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Los Angeles-based organization, The Giving Keys, provides work for people transitioning out of homelessness. Employees produce jewelry with an inspirational message, paying the positivity forward. We caught up with The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Dr Beth Watts – a senior research fellow at Heriot Watt University – has written a number of research papers on the subject of responses and charity towards homeless people.…